Ex-Megadeth bassist David Ellefson has released a variety of music since he was fired from the legendary metal outfit. Late last year his project, The Lucid, put out an interesting collaboration with Insane Clown Posse rapper Violent J. The song, “Saddle Up And Ride,” sounded a bit like Anthrax with rap vocals sprinkled in throughout.
The Lucid is getting ready to release their new EP on Jan. 27, and the band just dropped another collaboration with Violent J called “Sweet Toof.” The song is a cover of Faith No More’s “Epic” but has been re-titled as it features changes to the lyrics. The Lucid also features Sponge vocalist Vinnie Dombrowski.
“Man quit playin’!” said Violent J of the single. “It’s been an absolute honor and a privilege working with The Lucid! Being included among such monster talented and unbelievably cool people has been easily one of the highlights of my career so far. That’s the absolute truth. Listen to it! Who the f*ck can deny THE BEASTLY results? We KING KONG ’em!”
“It has been such a fun, creative, and organic journey getting to this point with The Lucid,” added The Lucid guitarist Drew Fortier. “We are all very proud of what we have created together, especially with it being a completely independent endeavor. We love the Faith No More guys and their body of work and knew the perfect way to cap off our E.P. was doing a re-imagining of ‘Epic’ along with Vinnie and Violent J’s twisted, and wonderful approach.”
Fortier previously commented: “We are thrilled to join forces with an iconic artist like Violent J,” said Fortier. “He added such a kick *ss and dangerous element to ‘Saddle Up and Ride’ and ‘Sweet Toof.’ J has without a doubt taken The Lucid to another level.”
“As far as live shows go, we had to cancel those shows back in May 2021 due to my cancer situation resulting in surgery which I have fully recovered from but with David and [drummer Mike Heller] looking to have a busy 2023 with Kings of Thrash/Dieth and Raven/Fear Factory respectively, it’s looking like the most pragmatic route would be if Vin and I team up for some acoustic shows to promote The Lucid so be on the lookout for that.”
